Crypto Scams

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Tether*

Tether might be a possible scam. Rumors about Tether are caused by the failure to release a profesional audit of their books. Tether claims to cover hundreds millions of Tethers to be backed by an equal amount of USD.

BitConnect

Ponzi-scheme.

Pump and dump

General pump and dump schemes, especially for penny tokens where marketing pushes the price up, only to be abonded at the higher price by early pump buyers.

==Examples

Hardforks

Examples:

Bitcoin Gold

block-chain.info

Bitcoin Phishing Scam (note the dash in the domain) which bagged $50 Million Over 3 Years